Updates the post’s terms from a REST request.

$post_id int Required

The post ID to update the terms form.

$request WP_REST_Request Required

The request object with post and terms data.

null|WP_Error WP_Error on an error assigning any of the terms, otherwise null.

File: wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php. View all references

protected function handle_terms( $post_id, $request ) {
	$taxonomies = wp_list_filter( get_object_taxonomies( $this->post_type, 'objects' ), array( 'show_in_rest' => true ) );

	foreach ( $taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {
		$base = ! empty( $taxonomy->rest_base ) ? $taxonomy->rest_base : $taxonomy->name;

		if ( ! isset( $request[ $base ] ) ) {
			continue;
		}

		$result = wp_set_object_terms( $post_id, $request[ $base ], $taxonomy->name );

		if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) {
			return $result;
		}
	}
}